Saw



G. R. VANDER WEE Nov; 6, 1 928.

SAW

Fi1ed May 10, 1923 Patented Nov. 6, 1928.

UNITED. STATES PATEN GEORGE R. VANDER WEE, OF DETROIT, MIGHIGAN SAW.

Application filed May 10,

In the manufacture of saws, a blank of suitable and uniform thickness is usually formed with cutting teeth by removing or blanking out laterally; portions of the metal, or as in the process disclosed inmy Patent No. 1,371,008, of March 8, 1921, the teeth are formed on the edge of the blank by displacement of portions of the metal, but in all of these known methods the teeth are of the same thickness as the body .ofthe' blank, and tooth clearance is secured by projecting the tooth points laterally, either through the common method of ,setting, or alternate bending of the teeth laterally, or as in my previousprocess, by causing the metal at the cutting pointsof the teeth to flow laterally.

When tooth clearance issecured by laterally projecting thetooth points, these points soon wear away and proper clearance islost.

Further, these laterally projecting points do not give a clean out along theside walls of r the kerf, but in a measure tear away the maoften causing it to irun edges orpoints of the terial to give clearance, causing atdrag and increasing the powerrequired to operate ,the saw. Further, inthe usual processjof manufacturing, a bun isoften formed along the tooth edge and if this burr is not removed by a necessarily separate operation it willinterfere with the eflicient operation of thesaw, or deflect from a straight line in cutting i I v i The object of the present process or method to produce a finished saw'with a minimum number of operations, and to form by a single simple operation, side teeth to out along the planeof the side walls of the kerf and provide tooth clearance. v A further object of the present invention is to provide an easy running saw and one having increased tooth, strength to withstand heavy strains and prevent tooth breakage.

It is also an object to provide a saw formed to cut in the plane of the side walls of the kerf togive tooth clearanceandto cut the full width of the kerf along the main cutting teeth, and put an even strain on said points, giving a smooth even cut at the .bottom of the'kerf.

Another object ofthef present invention is to provide-certain other new and useful feainvention consists 1923. Serial No. 637,957.

, F1gure I isjan enlarged perspective View illustrative ofa portion-of a suitable form of blank for use inthe manufacture of saws embodying the invention, I

Fig. Qis a similar view of a blank with cutting teeth formed thereon;1

Fig. 3 is a similar view of aportion of the finished saw, saidFigs; 1, 2 and 3 beingillustrative of the stages of manufacture;

Fig. 4 is a side elevation'of one form of saw embodying the invention;

In order to provide the desired tooth rigidity and strength, thesaw blank 1 is preferably formed with an edge portion 2 which is of greater thickness transversely of the blank, than the bodyof the blank, thus providing flanges or ribs-3 extending laterally from each .side face of the blank along its edge, andthese flanges are preferably or width inwardly from the blankedge, equal to or greater than the depth of the main cutting teeth 4 which areformed in the edge of the blank, and said flanges also preferably project laterally from the blank equal to the desired tooth clearance to be given-theteeth or the distance which, in a saw of the usualconstruction, the points of the teeth extend laterally and known asthe set of the teeth, sothat they willcut'a kerf widerthan the thickness of-the saw body to provide clearance for the chips vor material removed'bythe teeth in cutting;

By forming the main cutting teeth 4 ,lIl'; "the'edge of this thickened. portion ofthe of each tooth will cut the'full width of the kerf, giving straight even cutting edges extending at right angles tothe OFFICE.-

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ofv a depth a distance i the blank, and the point or cut moval of portions line of travel of the teeth, and giving a tion of the blank, said teeth being preferably of a depth equal to the distance which said flanges project beyond the side faces of the body of theblank, the projecting edges 7 of these clearance teeth being at right angles to the cutting edges 5 of the main teeth a, and in the-plane of said cutting edges 5, thus forming a continuous cutting edge extending across the edge of the blank for the full width ofthe'kerf and'thence downwardly or in wardly at each side of the blank from ,each end of the main cutting edge. The notches formed between the clearance teeth by the reof the'metal forming the laterally extending 1y with their inner angles preferably in the planes ofthe'side'faces of the body of the blank, and thus side cutting teeth are provided to cooperate with the main cutting teeth incutting the kerf in the operation of the saw, these side or clearance teeth cutting at right angles to the. main cutting teeth which'cut at the bottom of'the kerf and thus said teeth out along and form the side walls ofthe kerf,lthe-side notches between these side teeth afi'ording clearance for the chips orlmaterial removed by both-the main and clearance teethu r The forward or right angle side of each saw-tooth in this construction is therefore of greater width transversely of'the saw, than the thickness of the body of the saw, and each tooth tapers rearwardly in the direction of cutting movement at the sides of the saw as well as at. the edge thereof. Very strong and rigidteeth are thus formed which teeth have straight cutting points 5 which cut the full width of the kerf, thus giving a smooth even cutting action at the bottom ofthe kerf, andithe sideor clearance teeth not only provide clearance, but also cut smoothly and evenly laterally of the saw to form the side wallsofthe kerf. These cutting edges being symmetrically arranged, put an even strain 'upon the teeth: and give abalanced effect,

eliminating all tendency of the saw. to deflect from a straight l1ne;1n cutt1ng, and giving a smooth even running saw which requires much less power to operate it than is required to operate a sawof the usual construction. Further, the side or clearance teeth, by cutting along the'side walls of the kerf, as distinguished from the 'te'aring or breaking flanges 3, extend inwardaway action of the lateral or clearance tooth points of a saw of common construction, give a clean even out along the side walls and thus eliminate the drag caused by this tearing action of the tooth points in common construe tions.

As an example of one form of saw which may be advantageously produced by the present method and which will have many advantages oversawsrfor'the same purpose as commonly formed, a metal cutting or hack saw is shown in Fig. 4:. Hack saws are usually formed with comparatively fine or small teeth by simply blanking out these teeth laterally from the edge of a blank of uniform thickness. Such saws have no set, as the teeth are too small to be bent laterally, and it formed with laterally projected tooth points to give clearance, these points are so frail that they are rapidly destroyed under the severe strain of cutting inetal.- Further such blanking process leaves a burr along one edge of the tooth, which burr will interfere with such saws may be produced by the present method almost as rapidly and cheaply as by the old methods and the small teeth produced by this method will have better wearing qualities and any burr formed during the production of the same will be removed, and the saw will operate more efficiently due to tooth clearance and side cutting edges.

Any desired method may be employed in formin the main cutting teeth on the edge of a blank, such teeth'being formed by a 1 removal of portions of the metal between the teeth or bya displacement ofsuch metal, and the size and relative proportions of the teeth and their arrangement may be-varied within the scope of the appended claims, and" any suitable means'may be provided for carrying out the several steps of the process of manufacture,either in the manufacture of straight or of circular saws-.-

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim is r 1. A saw formed from a blankhavinga thickened edge portion providing laterally the efficient operation of the saw, but

eXte-ndingribs at'each side of the blank along the edge thereof, edge cutting teeth formed in said thickened edge transversely thereof, each tooth having a cutting edge extending the full widthof said thickened edge,- and side clearance teeth formed in said laterally entendmg ribs with cuttmg edges extending inwardly of'the blank across said'ribs and forming a CODlHIILlQlZIOH Of the cutting edges of the transverse teeth at each end'thereof,

said trans-verse teeth being inclined rearj wardly in the direction of cutt ng movement the saw, troin said cutting edges, the faces of each. lateral tooth converging rearwardly in the direction of cutting movement.

52. I: saw formed from a blank having a thickened edge portion providing laterally extending ribs at each side ofthe blank along movement from its edge cutting edge, with its the edge thereof, edge cutting teeth formed side faces convergin rearwardly 1n said diin said thickened edge transversely thereof, rection from each sid each tooth having edge and side cutting edges 1y to the planes of the side surfaces of the extending the full Width of said thickened body. edge, the edge face of eachtooth being in- In testimony whereof I aflix my signature. clined rearwardly in the direction of cutting GEORGE R. VANDER WEE.

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